New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-18
NEW YORK TROOPS AT GETTYSBURG.
MONUMENTS TO TELL WHERE THEY FOUGHT

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ALBANY, Feb Ex-senator Ranes introduced bill
to-day authorizing General Daniel &. Sckles and other
commissioners appointed year ago by the State
authorities to erect at the States expense suitable
monuments marking the positions held by the New
York troops at the battle Of Gettysburg The COST OF
each is to be 81 800 and for this purpose
the of $130.5OO is appropriated. The bill also
appropriates $50, 900 for the erection OF memorial
budding in honor of the New-Yor .solders $4,000
tor the purchase OF sites tor the monuments men ana
the battlefield and supervise the construction OF the
monumental. The total appropriation Is $2OO,oOO
The monuments to bear their face the arms OF
the State and statement the precise time when the
position held by the regiment battery it repre-
sents and the principal movements made bv such regi
ment battery during the battle. Following are the
be erected.
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Senator Low, who lives in one of the non-canal
counties. introduced resolution to-day requesting the
Committee on Taxation to report whether or not it
enghening of the looks of the canals and thus
the State taxation to the amount of 100000. Mr.
Low also in his resolution requested the committee to
learn II the railroads not shipping many goods by
the Erie Canal and charging shippers railroad rates.
The Senate resolved to consider the resolution next
Thursday.
Assemblyman Devereux In behalf of the anal boat
men offered bill prohibiting the further construction
OF bridge the Hudson River at PoU ghkeepse
The boatmen also object to the construction OF bridge
at Storm King
Assembyman Mccain presented bill authorizing |
the Governor to appoint an nspectorin-chief OF the
elevated railroads OF the State, with view of discOv
erng defects in their structure and compelling tho
roads to remedy them. He is receive 81 900 salary.
to tor three and Is to have the right to
appoint deputy tor every six miles Of elevated rail-
road track The deputies to receive 81 500 salary
Assemblyman Pierce introduced a bill making 1t mis-
demeanor to " treat man A" to glass OF liquor and
providing that tho punishment shall be o fine OF 81
and imprisonment for ten days
Assemblyma Howe presented a b. which makes it
felony advertise state IN letters that counterfeit
money will be sold. The bill samed at the sawdust
swindlers"
Assemblyman Crosby presented bill enabling police
magistrates in New York to mprison Migrants who
frequent stale beer dives
partment authority to change the location dimensions
and grades any street. public square place
hereafter laid ont In the Twen third and Tw enty-
fourth Wards, the title to which shall not have been
the city OF NewYork tor the purposes of apubc
street to discontinue and close any such street. and
change any established plans for the sewerage and
drainage OF said wards. excepting in such streets,
avenues other places in which permanent sewer
drain shall have already been constructed. before
making changes il shall be the duty OF the Commits
sioners OF Parks to notice stating the general
character and extent OF the contemplated change and
appointing time and place for hearing objections
thereto to be published least twice week tor three
successive weeks in " The City Record